Ziran – naturalness
Self-so: your original nature
Ziran means 'self-so' and points to the original, true nature of all things. A lion does not need a course in how to be a lion – it simply is a lion. A tree does not desperately try to grow in a direction nature never intended.
The human being is the only creature that constantly puts on masks, plays roles and forces itself to be something it is not – in order to fit society's templates.
Ziran is the invitation to peel away those false layers and let your actions flow genuinely and unfiltered from your true self. When you stop maintaining your mask, you save enormous amounts of psychological energy.
In which situations do you play a role that doesn't feel like you? What would it feel like to set that mask down?
Say something today that you truly mean, instead of what you 'ought' to say.